Electronic Parts Engineer

Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI) is seeking Electronic Parts Engineer candidates for a potential opportunity to support NASA at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), a federally funded research and development center located in California. Work may be performed at JPL or customer locations, or remotely, depending on contractual and operational requirements.

This role will perform selection, procurement, manufacture, use and/or testing/screening of electronic parts in high reliability applications. Apply knowledge of industry and/or academic practices and standards across a range of applications and systems. Provide technical support to flight electronic parts tasks including the creation of engineering requirements specifications and drawings, and advising projects on part selections maximizing reliability while considering cost and schedule constraints. Applies understanding of part and project risk knowledge to define part reliability and quality requirements and assess risks associated with waivers, deficiencies, and failures.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree with equivalent course work in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Materials Science/Engineering, Applied Mathematics or related technical discipline and at least 2 years of experience in parts engineering activities.
• Experience must include one or more related fields within the following areas: parts development, fabrication, manufacturing, process integration, reliability assessment, and test and/or qualification.
• Requires understanding and wide application of advanced principles, theories, concepts and techniques in electronic parts technologies resulting in contributions to the development of new test and qualification methodologies.